Ghost Image, by Joshua Gilder (Simon & Schuster, 368 pp., $23)
REAGAN speech writer Joshua Gilder has donned a new hat, that of novelist. In this, his first effort, Gilder tells the dark and suspenseful story of a plastic surgeon, Jackson Maebry, whose girlfriend arrives in the emergency room badly beaten and bruised beyond recognition. As the tale unravels, Jackson realizes how little he knew about his lover, and the reader begins to discern shadows in the surgeon’s own life. The result is an exciting mystery story that is almost impossible to put down.
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